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FZNT25 KNHC 051509
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1109 AM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE NE GULF TO THE W GULF
WILL SLOWLY LIFT N INTO MON. TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO CURRENTLY IN
THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN IS FORECAST THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TUE
THROUGH WED. ERNESTO EXPECTED TO EMERGE INTO THE SW GULF WED
NIGHT AND THU AS A TROPICAL STORM THEN INTENSIFY INTO A
HURRICANE OVER THE SW GULF FRI. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER THE FAR NE WATERS WILL LIFT N THROUGH
 TUE. ANOTHER SURFACE TROUGH WILL APPROACH FROM THE E LATE MON 
AND SLOWLY DRIFTING W TOWARD THE BAHAMAS TUE AND WED.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.MON...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT.